SAHEL FOOD CRISIS: EU ALLOCATES €15 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL HUMANITARIAN FUNDING
Published on: 22-12-2021
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The EU has allocated €15 million in additional humanitarian funding to Africa's Sahel region, in response
to the unprecedented food crisis affecting more than 8.7 million people in Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and
Mauritania.
The funding announced today comes on top of €54 million already allocated this year to these four Sahel
countries for food/nutrition. The additional funds allocated by the EU will contribute to scaling up life-
saving assistance for the most vulnerable people in need, mainly people affected by conflict and
insecurity and those forced to flee their homes. This funding will address most acute needs in food and
nutrition and will contribute to an early response to reduce the impact of a major humanitarian crisis in
2022.
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